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American vanguard : the United Auto Workers during the Reuther years, 1935-1970 / John Barnard.

By: Publication details: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 607 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0814329470 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.88/1292/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD6515.A82 I584 2004
Contents:
1. "Hurry up!": The Auto Industry before the Union -- 2. "The Genie is out of the bottle": Toward an Auto Workers' Union, 1933-37 -- 3. "Storming the stronghold of the open shop": The Year of the Sit-Down Strikes, 1937 -- 4. "An insecure person who happened on historic times": President Homer Martin, 1937-38 -- 5. "A fight for the survival of the Union": Resolving the Leadership Crisis, 1938-41 -- 6. "UAW-CIO, makes the army roll and go": The UAW in World War II, 1941-45 -- 7. "Teamwork in the leadership and solidarity in the ranks": The Reuther Era Begins, 1945-60 -- 8. "The glory days of growth and rich settlements": Better Lives for Auto Workers and Their Families, 1948-60 -- 9. "Give 'em hell, Harry!": The Political Battlefront, 1948-60 -- 10. "Some frosting on the Chrysler birthday cake": New Frontiers in Bargaining, 1960-68 -- 11. "Something short of perfect": New Frontiers in Politics, 1960-65 -- 12. "A stressful time": The Issues of War and Racial Justice, 1965-70 -- 13. "A whole new middle class": End of an Era, 1960-70 -- Epilogue "Things that we had to do, we did".
Summary: Publisher description: The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important episode in the story of American democracy and economics. American Vanguard is the first and only history of the union available for both general and academic audiences. In this thorough and engaging narrative, John Barnard not only records the controversial issues tackled by the UAW, but also lends them immediacy through details about the workers and their environments, the leaders and the challenges that they faced outside and inside the organization, and the vision that guided many of these activists. Throughout, Barnard traces the UAW's two-fold goal: to create an industrial democracy in the workplace and to pursue a social-democratic agenda in the interest of the public at large. Barnard presents balanced interpretations grounded in evidence, while setting the UAW within the context of the history of the U.S. auto industry and national politics.

2005 Michigan Notable Book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-585) and index.

1. "Hurry up!": The Auto Industry before the Union -- 2. "The Genie is out of the bottle": Toward an Auto Workers' Union, 1933-37 -- 3. "Storming the stronghold of the open shop": The Year of the Sit-Down Strikes, 1937 -- 4. "An insecure person who happened on historic times": President Homer Martin, 1937-38 -- 5. "A fight for the survival of the Union": Resolving the Leadership Crisis, 1938-41 -- 6. "UAW-CIO, makes the army roll and go": The UAW in World War II, 1941-45 -- 7. "Teamwork in the leadership and solidarity in the ranks": The Reuther Era Begins, 1945-60 -- 8. "The glory days of growth and rich settlements": Better Lives for Auto Workers and Their Families, 1948-60 -- 9. "Give 'em hell, Harry!": The Political Battlefront, 1948-60 -- 10. "Some frosting on the Chrysler birthday cake": New Frontiers in Bargaining, 1960-68 -- 11. "Something short of perfect": New Frontiers in Politics, 1960-65 -- 12. "A stressful time": The Issues of War and Racial Justice, 1965-70 -- 13. "A whole new middle class": End of an Era, 1960-70 -- Epilogue "Things that we had to do, we did".

Publisher description: The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important episode in the story of American democracy and economics. American Vanguard is the first and only history of the union available for both general and academic audiences. In this thorough and engaging narrative, John Barnard not only records the controversial issues tackled by the UAW, but also lends them immediacy through details about the workers and their environments, the leaders and the challenges that they faced outside and inside the organization, and the vision that guided many of these activists. Throughout, Barnard traces the UAW's two-fold goal: to create an industrial democracy in the workplace and to pursue a social-democratic agenda in the interest of the public at large. Barnard presents balanced interpretations grounded in evidence, while setting the UAW within the context of the history of the U.S. auto industry and national politics.

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